Jizo Bodhisattva - Hakone Historic District - Saratoga, CA - NRHP Historic Districts - Contributing Buildings on Waymarking.com

The sculpture is located along a pathway in the garden. The carved stone is among other stones on the hillside of a garden.

"Ksitigarbha (Sanskrit K?itigarbha, Chinese: ??; pinyin: Dìzàng; Japanese: ??; romaji: Jizo) is a bodhisattva primarily revered in East Asian Buddhism and usually depicted as a Buddhist monk. His name may be translated as "Earth Treasury," "Earth Store," "Earth Matrix," or "Earth Womb." Ksitigarbha is known for his vow to take responsibility for the instruction of all beings in the six worlds between the death of Gautama Buddha and the rise of Maitreya, as well as his vow not to achieve Buddhahood until all hells are emptied. He is therefore often regarded as the bodhisattva of hell-beings, as well as the guardian of children and patron deity of deceased children and aborted fetuses in Japanese culture, where he is known as Jizo or Ojizo-sama." (visit link)

Name of Historic District (as listed on the NRHP): Hakone Historic District Link to nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com page with the Historic District: [Web Link] Address: 21000 Big Basin Way Saratoga, CA How did you determine the building to be a contributing structure?: Narrative found on the internet (Link provided below) Optional link to narrative or database: [Web Link] NRHP Historic District Waymark (Optional): Not listed

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